Kia ora Morgan,

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 12
September 2021 for:

 

"- Documents that relate to the classification of Artemisia Annua since 1
July 2017

- Copies of all submissions and objections regarding the classification of
Artemisia Annua

- Medsafe’s assessment of all submissions and objections regarding the
classification of Artemisia Annua.”

 

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202112194.

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 8 October 2021, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [1][email address]

 

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Kia ora Morgan,

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 12
September 2021 requesting:

 

“- Documents that relate to the classification of Artemisia Annua since 1
July 2017

- Copies of all submissions and objections regarding the classification of
Artemisia Annua

- Medsafe’s assessment of all submissions and objections regarding the
classification of Artemisia Annua.”

 

The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as the request is for a large quantity of official
information.

 

You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 5 November
2021.

 

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora Morgan,

 

Thank you for your request for information on 12 September 2021 for:

 

“- Documents that relate to the classification of Artemisia Annua since 1
July 2017
- Copies of all submissions and objections regarding the classification of
Artemisia Annua
- Medsafe’s assessment of all submissions and objections regarding the
classification of Artemisia Annua”

 

On 8 October 2021, you were advised that the Ministry would provide you
with a response to your request by today’s date.  Unfortunately, due to
the COVID-19 response, the Ministry is experiencing significantly higher
volumes of queries and more time is required to administratively process
the information for release. We will be unable to provide you with a
response to your request today. However, please note that the Ministry has
decided to grant your request, but with some information withheld under
the following sections of the Act:

-             section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons.

             

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and will endeavour to
provide this information by Friday 3 December 2021, earlier if possible.

 

 

 

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request. This is
an automatic reply to let you know we received it.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. We
will endeavour to acknowledge your request as soon as possible. Further
information about COVID-19 can be found on our
website: [1]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...

 

Please be advised that due dates for requests received from 29 November
2021 onwards take into account the following periods:

 

Christmas (25 December 2021)

Summer Holidays (25 December to 15 January)

New Year's Day (1 January 2022)

Day after News Year's Day (2 January 2022)

 

If you'd like to calculate the due date for your request, you can use the
Ombudsman's online calculator here: [2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/

If you have any questions while we're processing your request, please let
us know via [3][email address]

 

Ngā mihi  

OIA Services Team  

   

[4]Ministry of Health information releases  

[5]Unite against COVID-19 

 

 

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Kia ora Morgan,
Please find attached a response regarding your request for information.

Ngā mihi   

   

OIA Services Team   

   

   

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Kia ora Morgan,

 

The Ministry would like to sincerely apologise for the delay in providing
you with a response to you Official Information Act request regarding the
classification of Artemisia Annua (ref. H202112194).

 

This was largely in part, due to the fact that consultation with all the
submitters of the material within scope of your request was required prior
to release. The team had trouble contacting one of the submitters and this
therefore delayed the entire response. 

 

Additionally, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry
was and is still experiencing significantly higher volumes of queries and
requests for information. Paired with the considerable increase in
requests and internal capacity issues, this had a direct impact on the
team’s ability to respond to your request on time. 

 

I hope this assists with your complaint to the Ombudsman.

 

Ngâ mihi 

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [1][email address]

 

 

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